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UNITED STATES v. BLAKE

No. 72-3817.

488 F.2d 101 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William E. BLAKE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 27, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Harris, Jr., Montgomery, Ala. (court-appointed), for Blake.

Joe F. Lassiter, Greenville, S. C. (Court-appointed), for Swartz.

Maurice J. Walsh, Carl M. Walsh, Chicago, Ill., for Maggio.

Ira DeMent, U. S. Atty., D. Broward Segrest, Kenneth Vines, Asst. U. S. Attys., Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge and RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.

BROWN, Chief Judge:

Will the real United States Merchant Marine please sail forward.

Appellants have been convicted on seven counts of mail fraud (18 U.S.C.A. § 1341) and one count of conspiracy (18 U.S.C.A. § 371) in the operation of an alleged non-profit organization called the United States Merchant Marine (USMM). Lest we be misled, as the trial court and jury found USMM's subscribers to have been, the USMM here has no relation to the ...

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